Statements on George Washington Bridge e-mail revelations

Jan. 8, 2014

Statements released today concerning the story that Gov. Chris Christie’s Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly knew of the George Washington Bridge lane closures and exchanged e-mails on the topic with a Christie appointee on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey:

Seton Hall University Associate Professor Matthew Hale:

“The smoking gun is not quite in the Governor’s hand, but these e-mails show that it is awfully close to it."